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US Officials: WMD wasn't main reason for war
posted by nmb on Wednesday December 31, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly   
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WH Official admits WMD NOT main reason for Iraq war

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/US/globalshow_030425.html

Reason for War?
White House Officials Say Privately the Sept. 11 Attacks Changed Everything

By John Cochran
ABCNEWS.com

W A S H I N G T O N, April 25 —

"...To build its case for war with Iraq, the Bush administration argued that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but some officials now privately acknowledge the White House had another reason for war — a global show of American power and democracy..."


Officials inside government and advisers outside told ABCNEWS the administration emphasized the danger of Saddam's weapons to gain the legal justification for war from the United Nations and to stress the danger at home to Americans.

"We were not lying," said one official. "But it was just a matter of emphasis."

...Former CIA Director James Woolsey said on Nightline this week that although he believed Saddam was a serious threat and had dangerous weapons, going to war to prove a point was wrong.

"I don't think you should go to war to set examples or send messages," Woolsey said.

Get the transcript of the Woolsey interview: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/DailyNews/woolsey_transcript030422.html

 

  
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